A sand artist has revealed her own unique tribute to the Queen - after creating a giant postage stamp portrait on a beach. Claire Eason, 57, spent four hours painstakingly etching the amazing 65-feet image in May for the Platinum Jubilee.
But she has now revealed the final images from the day, showing the approaching tide washing over the portrait, in a "fitting goodbye" to the monarch, who died aged 96 on Thursday. Retired GP Claire used a garden rake to create the portrait at Bamburgh beach in Northumberland.
Mum-of-two Claire, of Sunderland, said: "As I was filming with the drone the tide came in and I captured it just touching the image and I thought this looks like a goodbye. I didn't put it out at the time because it didn't match the celebratory feeling of the jubilee.
"But I held on to it because I knew we would be saying goodbye at some point. It wasn't a deliberate thing, it was unexpected, but it felt like it marked the end.
"It's been really touching to see people's response. They have said it is a fitting goodbye."
Claire said she chose the image of a first class stamp because it is one of the most recognisable of Queen Elizabeth. She said: "I was very saddened when I heard the Queen had died - she has been a part of everyone's life for so long.
"She has given us all that sense of constant and when that comes to an end it's hard."
